St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-28
THE JUDGESHIP.

The Times Democrat, the great de.
fender and apologist for the State ad-
mlnistration, breaks forth in its last
Sundays s issue and settles the question
of the election for Judge in this district
in the following words:
| The Governor fixed the date Of the
election III December so as to give the
police Jn71es an opportunity and time to
rthx the voting precincts and polling
| places, rendered necessary by the divi-
sion OF the parish Of St. Landry and the
formation OF the new one of Acadia.
These police yjuries are required by an
act Of the Legislature to fix these pre-
clncts six months before the election
hence the latter cannot be held until
more than half year from to-day.
The Governor has called the attention
OF the police jury to this matter in the
following communication
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State of Louisiana,
Baton Rouge, May Q, 1887
10 the President of the Police jury
Crowley, Parish of Acadia:
Dear Sir-I have, by proclamation,
tixed the 21th day of Decem Der, 1887.
for the special election for judsr in the
district composed Of the parishes of st.
Landry and Acadia. The creation Of
the PARISH of Acadia will require the
rehXIng OF precincts and polling places
IN tie parish of Acadia and St Landry.
he law requires that polling places
shall not be changed except by vote
OF t~0-thir'ls Of the police jury, given
~ taV0r OF said change. The special
election has been fixed at the above
date, 21th December. so as to give the
police. juries of said parishes the neccs-
sary time to make said changes.
Respectfully yours.
). ID. MCENERY, Governor.
The same Instructions were sent, of
course, to st. Landry.
ltns mares nest, therefore, found in
the selection OF the date of this election
IN December, is simply obedience to the
law. The creation OF the new parish of
Acadia necessarily delays the election.
as 1t cannot be held until six months
after the new polling places are fixed"
Considering that the I'D. in the
same editorial made insinuations as to
the ignorance Of other people, on this
subject, We az" Surpl ised at it's lack of
knowledge. The police julies don't fir
the polling places. That duty devolves
upon the returning officer, and has been
performed IN Acadia parish, else how
N'"i" w tIta w idtt Iu citClIOi mere Tor
parish officers and parish seat on the 1st
OF March? The polling places in St.
Landry are fixed and won't be changed.
In fact the I'D. is mixed. The act il
refers to was passed in 1871 and has
since been amended and party repealed. /
At that time the police iuries did have
the powers referred TO, and there was
no returning officer Since then they
have been divested OF the power and a
returning officer created, and the Cover
nor promptly appointed such an officer
for this parish. The Governor is either /
Intentionally wrong OK else badly |
mixed. If he is right in saying that no !
election can be held for six months, /.
why did he order an election here for
oarish officers and parish seat. If he is /
light, that election must have been ilIe- /
yal, and our present officers are not our
officers. and Crowley is not the parish !
'eat. Its poor rule that won't work .
10Th ways. The way that Gov. Nc |
Emery outrages the rights of that Dor
ion OF the Democracy which opposes
iIm, is one of the political wonders of
he age. His treatment of majority
IT the party to which he pretends allie
rance. is similar to that meted out to
he Democracy by Warmoth and Kel-
ogg in their day.